Tag: Gregg Weiss

Commissioner Shanon Materio and Gregg Weiss will debate for the first time tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Ambrosia Restaurant, 1603 S. Dixie Hwy. The debate is sponsored by the West Palm Beach Democratic Club. Weiss is president of the club but is on leave while he runs for the District 5 commission seat.

So what do you want to hear from Weiss and Materio tonight? What are the most important issues …

SENA president Robert Norvell said that the south end debate is being rescheduled because of the Northend Coalition of Neighborhood’s meeting with the city’s Development Services Director Rick Greene on Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at city hall. Greene will discuss the city’s proposal for high density redevelopment along the Northend waterfront and planned development incentives. Norvell said he is working with South Olive Elementary to find a new …

Gregg Weiss won one of the most anticipated endorsements of the 2013 District 5 south end commission race with CityWatch going with Weiss over Commissioner Shanon Materio. Weiss also recently won the police and fire union endorsements.

The CityWatch endorsement, which is made up of neighborhood presidents from various western communities, was seen by many as a gauge of who has more power out west — Mayor Jeri Muoio or Commissioner …

City commission candidate Gregg Weiss said his new mailers make it easy for voters to obtain an absentee ballot for the March 12 election. The form lists the voters’ name and personal information, including their voter ID number and birth date.

But the campaign manager of Weiss’ opponent, City Commissioner Shanon Materio, said the mailers are ripe for identity theft. Pre-printing voter information is legal, Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher said, …

The new filing reports are out, and as of Jan. 18, Gregg Weiss had more than double the amount of cash on hand as his District 5 commission opponent Shanon Materio. Weiss, who has raised $39,530, has $33,601 on hand. Materio, who has raised $28,600, has $15,165 on hand.

But Materio outraised Weiss $12,075 to $4,504 in the latest period which ran from Jan. 1 to Jan 18. And Materio has …

**Update** Mayor Jeri Muoio said Monday morning that she will place an item on the agenda to move public comment to an earlier time. However, Muoio said she will not place it on next week’s agenda, and will instead wait until the Feb. 18 meeting. So March 4 would be the earliest possible meeting with a new public comment time.

Commissioner Shanon Materio took to Facebook tonight to warn her supporters to ignore a poll that is asking West Palm Beach voters their thoughts on her commission race against Gregg Weiss.

Several residents who participated in the poll say the questions paint Materio in a negative light. One resident said the the poll was so negatively slanted against Materio that “it was actually kind of shocking, and I don’t get shocked …

Commissioner Shanon Materio removed the controversial references about commission opponent Gregg Weiss on her campaign web site. But Materio said she stands by her original statements and says her campaign is “just rewording some of the things.”

Weiss, president of the West Palm Beach Democratic Club, accused Materio last week of lying about his stance on issues on her web site.

Weiss said he proved Materio incorrect on several issues. Materio wrote …